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ReadyNAS NV+ Hanging on Boot....
Hi all, I've been reading many posts about this issue for other users. We have a legacy ReadyNAS NV+ RND4000 unit. The guy who used to maintain it has gone and I have no idea what has been done to ...
Try downloading RAIDar for Mac OS X here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detai ... -downloads That should discover the NAS and give you more status information on what is going on. That will also tell you the firmware version.
For disk troubleshooting, we normally suggest vendor diags (seatools for seagate, lifeguard for WDC). This requires access to a windows PC, since these tools are not available on macs. The approach is to power down the NAS, label the drives by slot number (so you can return them to the same slot), and then connect each drive to the PC via SATA or USB adapter. Then test each drives with the non-destructive tests in the vendor diags.
There is a way to defeat the boot-up volume check, and the NAS can also test the disk drives. Here's a link to the hardware manual: http://www.readynas.com/download/docume ... 6Dec11.pdf The information on the boot menu is on pages 23-24.
Do you know the admin password for the ReadyNAS? Do you have a backup of the data on the NAS?
For disk troubleshooting, we normally suggest vendor diags (seatools for seagate, lifeguard for WDC). This requires access to a windows PC, since these tools are not available on macs. The approach is to power down the NAS, label the drives by slot number (so you can return them to the same slot), and then connect each drive to the PC via SATA or USB adapter. Then test each drives with the non-destructive tests in the vendor diags.
There is a way to defeat the boot-up volume check, and the NAS can also test the disk drives. Here's a link to the hardware manual: http://www.readynas.com/download/docume ... 6Dec11.pdf The information on the boot menu is on pages 23-24.
Do you know the admin password for the ReadyNAS? Do you have a backup of the data on the NAS?
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